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Gov. Jerry Brown joined legislators and labor leaders to announce a landmark agreement that makes California the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour statewide on Mon., Mar. 28, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif.
The California Minimum Wage is greater than the Federal Minimum Wage of $7.25 per hour, so employees in California are entitled to the higher minimum wage of $9.00 per hour. Please Note: Twenty states have raised their minimum wage as of January 1, 2015.